Mainstream Media (Keywords: Aboriginal, Australia)

Sydney Morning Herald
Glaring pay gap as Aboriginal bureaucrats brought into Prime Minister's ...
Sydney Morning Herald
But while the Prime Minister spoke last week of "closing the gap" in indigenous disadvantage in Australia, hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander bureaucrats were settling into their new jobs working for Mr Abbott's department on wages well ...
Alcohol inquiry: chairwoman Sharman Stone defends Indigenous focusABC Online
Inquiry to examine the harmful use of alcohol in indigenous communitiesThe Australian
Inquiry to probe indigenous alcohol harmSky News Australia

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World Socialist Web Site
Australia: Ten years since Aboriginal youth TJ Hickey killed in police chase
World Socialist Web Site
Aborigines remain the most oppressed layer of the Australian working class, and indigenous youth remain subjected to police violence and harassment, unemployment, poverty, and official neglect. TJ Hickey's short life was representative of an entire ...
Supporters of Aboriginal teen march in Australia's SydneyPress TV
Ugly scenes during TJ Hickey marchSky News Australia
Thomas 'TJ' Hickey rally in Redfern, Sydney, could be last after brawls lead ...ABC Online
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SBS
Supporters of Aboriginal teen march in Australia's Sydney
Press TV
Hundred of Australian protesters have staged a rally in Sydney marking the 10th anniversary of the death of Aboriginal teen Thomas "T.J." Hickey. The protesters rallied outside Parliament House in the afternoon, demanding a government apology over the ...
Ugly scenes during TJ Hickey marchSky News Australia
Thomas 'TJ' Hickey rally in Redfern, Sydney, could be last after brawls lead ...ABC Local
'I want justice': TJ Hickey's mother 10 years after his deathABC Message Stick

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When maths and culture collide
The Australian
“Traditional Aboriginal society in Western Australia did not use the decimal (base 10) 'two hand' number system,” it says. “Instead, it used a base five or 'one hand' number system.” Many of the elaborations appear tokenistic in teaching other cultures ...

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Tokenism does not add up
The Australian (blog)
That is why many will suspect the suggestion of “investigating biodiversity changes in Australia since European occupation” under the “sustainability” cross-curriculum priority for Year 10 might be more than a straightforward exercise in statistical ...

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Sky News Australia
Alcohol inquiry: chairwoman Sharman Stone defends Indigenous focus
ABC Online
Committee chairwoman Dr Sharman Stone says the effects of alcohol abuse are far more damaging in Aboriginal communities than elsewhere in Australia. "The fact is there are probably more teetotal, or non-drinker, Indigenous than non-indigenous people," ...
Inquiry to examine the harmful use of alcohol in indigenous communitiesThe Australian
Inquiry to probe indigenous alcohol harmSky News Australia
Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this ...ABC Message Stick

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Sky News Australia
Inquiry to examine the harmful use of alcohol in indigenous communities
The Australian
Dr Stone said while there was no doubt that alcohol abuse had a significant impact on families and communities across Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were between four and five times more likely to be hospitalised, and between five ...
Glaring pay gap in PM&C pay ratesThe Canberra Times
Inquiry to probe indigenous alcohol harmSky News Australia
Chair of alcohol inquiry defends Indigenous focusABC Message Stick

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Aboriginal languages and stories to be preserved in recordings
ABC Online
Some of Western Australia's threatened Aboriginal languages are to be recorded as part of a program to preserve Indigenous stories for future generations. The WA Film and Television Institute said since 2008 the Indigenous Community Stories initiative ...

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Aboriginal languages and stories to be preserved in recordings
ABC Local
Some of Western Australia's threatened Aboriginal languages are to be recorded as part of a program to preserve Indigenous stories for future generations. The WA Film and Television Institute said since 2008 the Indigenous Community Stories initiative ...

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Keynote speaker to address Aboriginal land management
Cowra Guardian
Cowra Breakout Association's Lawrance Ryan said the dinner is a unique opportunity for locals to see one of Australia's leading historians discuss Aboriginal management of Australia and its relevance to contemporary agriculture. "To me, Bill Gammage is ...

Future of Indigenous land rights under native title uncertain
SBS
Noongar man Glen Kelly at the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council in Western Australia says the Native Title Act has been critical to advancements in Indigenous land rights. But he says the legislation has still been divisive within Indigenous ...

Aboriginal artefacts uncovered during Hunter Expressway construction
Yahoo!7 News
Tens of thousands of Aboriginal artefacts, some potentially dating back 5,000 years, have been uncovered in an archaeological investigation in Newcastle. They were found during a dig alongside construction of one of New South Wales's largest ...

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Justice and closing the gap: the prison target Aboriginal Australia needs
Crikey
In handing down the sixth annual Closing the Gap report on indigenous disadvantage, Prime Minister Tony Abbott introduced a new metric: to close the school attendance gap within five years. But it's not the new target some Aboriginal leaders were ...

The Age
Karl O'Callaghan's approach to indigenous offenders makes sense
The Age
The populist approach of successive WA governments in introducing tougher sentencing laws and imprisoning record numbers of convicted criminals, has resulted in overcrowding in our jails, with a majority of prison inmates being Indigenous Australians.
Scullion flags boarding school for indigenous studentsThe Australian

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Sydney Morning Herald
Justice and closing the gap: the prison target Aboriginal Australia needs
Crikey
In August, then-indigenous affairs minister Jenny Macklin committed Labor to developing the target. Opposition indigenous affairs spokesman Nigel Scullion indicated he too supported the inclusion of new targets, telling The Australian it “needed to be ...
Scullion flags boarding school for indigenous studentsThe Australian
Indigenous Groups Urge Commitment to PMs Closing the GapPro Bono Australia
Karl O'Callaghan's approach to indigenous offenders makes senseSydney Morning Herald
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680 News
Tony Abbott credits Paul Keating for Aboriginal policy inspiration
Sydney Morning Herald
Tony Abbott has delivered the most powerful, heartfelt and gracious speech of his short prime ministership, crediting political opponent Paul Keating with responsibility for his ''watershed moment'' on Aboriginal Australia. Committing himself to ending ...
Abbott Seeks to Close Indigenous Jobs, Health Gaps in AustraliaBusinessweek
Australian PM to spend a week on Outback Aboriginal land to focus on ...680 News
Tony Abbott sets goal to close gap on Indigenous school attendanceThe Guardian
The Australian
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Indigenous Groups Urge Commitment to PMs Closing the Gap
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous peak bodies have welcomed Prime Minister Tony Abbott's commitment to stronger efforts to Close the Gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. They have also urged the PM to back his words by resourcing targeted services and ...
Cricket trying to 'close the gap' on AFL, NRLABC Online
Cherbourg Mayor urges PM to extend Indigenous visitsABC Local
Australian push to get more indigenous children involved in cricketRadio Australia
My Sunshine Coast (press release)
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Indigenous Bodies Urge Commitment to PMs Closing the Gap
Pro Bono Australia
Indigenous peak bodies have welcomed Prime Minister Tony Abbott's commitment to stronger efforts to Close the Gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. They have also urged the PM to back his words by resourcing targeted services and ...

Sydney Morning Herald
Karl O'Callaghan's approach to indigenous offenders makes sense
Sydney Morning Herald
The populist approach of successive WA governments in introducing tougher sentencing laws and imprisoning record numbers of convicted criminals, has resulted in overcrowding in our jails, with a majority of prison inmates being Indigenous Australians.
Scullion flags boarding school for indigenous studentsThe Australian

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Fears over rise in Canberra's indigenous children in care
The Canberra Times
Canberra's indigenous children risk becoming part of another ''stolen generation'', the head of Australia's peak Aboriginal childcare body says. The Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care is demanding answers from the ACT government ...